Few musicians have been as delightfully and fascinatingly weird as Sun Ra. He was born Herman Poole Blount, changed his name to honor the Egyptian god of the sun, believed he was an angelic being from ...

Cosmic Interpretation; The Other World; The second Stop is Jupiter; The Now tomorrow; Discipline; Gods on a Safari; The World Shadow; Rocket Number 9; The Voice of Pan; Dawn Over Israel; Space Mates.

The FADER’s “Songs You Need” are the tracks we can’t stop playing. Check back every day for new music and follow along on our Spotify playlist. Last October, the Sun Ra Arkestra dropped Swirling, ...

The bandleader, keyboard player and composer christened Herman Blount made his reputation under the name of Sun Ra, and this compilation of pieces from the early years of his career could almost be an ...